Group B- WWC, Copa America

As the clock continues to kick to kickoff, with only nine days to kickoff of the Women's World Cup in Canada and fourteen days to the Copa America in Chile, the rundown of the uniforms for the teams in both of these tournaments continues, today with Group B of both tournaments.



At the top of Group B on the women's side sits Germany, the number 1 team in the world and one of the favorites to win this World Cup, along with France, the USA, and defending champions Japan. The Germans, two-time champions, wear a traditional primary kit, all-white with red and black accents, in the style the men's team won the World Cup in last year; their secondary kit, however, is much different from the one worn by the men: solid red with only black accents. No white appears on the secondary adidas jersey.

Côte d'Ivoire, or Ivory Coast in English, are the lowest-ranked team to have qualified for Canada 2015, at 67th in the world. The Ivorians are another one of the teams to have not changed their kits for this season, sticking with the all-orange from Puma for the primary kit and monochrome green for the secondary. Although the kits pictured were worn by the men's team, the only difference for the women is the cut of the jersey itself. One thing to take note of is that there is still a possibility of a third kit being introduced by Ivory Coast, likely in white, to allow for a "light" colored option.

Although the biggest controversy leading up to the World Cup came over some matches being played on turf, in Europe some heads were turned towards the Norway national team, who currently sit 11th in the world. When the first kits for the country from Nike were seen on pitch for the first time, the women's team didn't have the female-cut kits, instead wearing "gender-neutral" jerseys. After some uproar, Nike said that they would provide new kits, but not before the world cup. Therefore, by default, the Norweigans will be the worst-dressed team at this tournament BY FAR. Ouch.

The final team in Group B on the women's side is Thailand, who will be making their World Cup debut this spring and summer. The women, who currently sit 29th in the world, will be sporting new jerseys from Grand Sport, a Thai manufacturer, in primary red and secondary blue options. As with Ivory Coast, there is the possibility of FIFA forcing Thailand to introduce a third kit, most likely in white, to provide a "light" option.




The best team in Group B of the 2015 Copa America is easily Argentina, the 14-time continental champions. Los Albicelestes, who finished runners-up at the last World Cup and currently sit 2nd in the world, are the favorites to take the title this year in Chile. adidas has done another stellar job with the Argentina uniforms, going classic blue-and-white stripes on the primary kit and a full-navy blue look for the secondary kit.

Yet another team in the Puma skintight uniforms, Uruguay help contribute to making Group B the "Group of Death" at this Copa America. The defending champions, currently 8th in the world, had a disappointing showing at the World Cup, but look to bounce back this year. Obviously, karma does not play a major role at Uruguay, as La Celeste will be wearing the same kits for the second year running, sky blue on the primary and all-white for the secondary kit.

On the bottom half of Group B, the future does not look bright in this tournament for either of the bottom two teams. Paraguay sit 81st in the world, next-to-last in CONMEBOL. Although their tournament hopes might not be sharp, their adidas kits are: Paraguay will wear red and white stripes on the primary kit and go with a solid grey secondary kit that includes sublimated light grey hoops down the front.

The final team in Group B is the second of two CONCACAF teams, Jamaica. The Reggae Boyz changed kit manufacturers from 2014 to 2015, going now with Romai Sportswear, a UAE-based manufacturer. The kits were revealed earlier in the year to very little fanfare, showing that the 74th-ranked Jamaicans will be wearing two non-white kits this year, green as the primary and yellow as the secondary kit.

With the Women's World Cup starting in just nine days, it becomes crunc time to finish uniform rundowns. Group C in both tournaments might be up tomorrow, Saturday at the latest. Yes, this will be the quickest I have posted two posts yet, but get used to it. Three major international tournamens this summer requires it.